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Mesoscale Discussion 1540

June 29, 200522 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2005, 12:56 PM CDT for 22 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2005, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Bureau County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1460 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.